Tag: Air Travel

President Trump is seen along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Pie in the sky: Canadian air traffic controllers buy pizza for American counterparts during shutdown

Vaishnavee Sharma · January 13, 2019 11:48 pm

Passengers wait in line at Sun Country Airlines in Terminal G at Miami International Airport in Miami.

Government shutdown, week 4: Miami airport closes terminal in wake of TSA employee absences

Katelyn Caralle · January 12, 2019 7:59 pm

Passengers wait in line at Sun Country Airlines in Terminal G at Miami International Airport, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, in Miami. The airport is closing Terminal G this weekend as the federal government shutdown stretches toward a fourth week because security screeners have been calling in sick at twice the airport's normal rate.

Beltway Confidential

Airport chaos could trigger an end to the government shutdown

Philip Klein · January 11, 2019 9:51 pm

A TSA worker works at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

National Security

TSA official warns absences during partial shutdown have hurt security

Diana Stancy Correll · January 9, 2019 1:04 am

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2014 file photo, a Southwest Airlines jet plane lines up for a landing at Love Field in Dallas. Southwest Airlines reports quarterly earnings on Thursday, April 24, 2014. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Government shutdown over Trump’s wall taking a toll on US air travel

Joe Williams · January 8, 2019 6:42 pm

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers assist travelers with luggage through a security screening area during a partial federal government shutdown Monday, Dec. 31, 2018, in SeaTac, Wash. TSA staff are among tens of thousands of federal employees considered essential as the federal government shutdown moves into its second week. They are working without pay until the shutdown ends, but will likely be paid retroactively later on.

National Security

Shutdown could compromise airline safety, House Democrat warns

Pete Kasperowicz · January 7, 2019 9:03 pm

The New York City skyline is seen at a distance as United Airlines jets sit at gates at Newark Liberty International Airport, Wednesday, May 2, 2018, in Newark, N.J.

United Airlines cracks down on ’emotional support’ animal air travel

Kimberly Leonard · January 5, 2019 8:17 pm

A TSA explosives detection dog sniffs passengers as they go through a security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta.

TSA moving toward floppy-ear airport dog force because pointy-ear dogs ‘scare children’

Anna Giaritelli · December 24, 2018 5:01 am

Passengers at Gatwick airport wait for their flights following the delays and cancellations brought on by drone sightings near the airfield, in London, Friday Dec. 21, 2018. New drone sightings Friday caused fresh chaos for holiday travelers at London's Gatwick Airport.

National Security

London airport open, but location of drone culprit up in air

Associated Press · December 23, 2018 7:43 pm

President Trump is seen along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, D.C.

TSA releases photos of how dogs are celebrating the howlidays

Anna Giaritelli · December 21, 2018 8:25 pm

A woman waits in the departures area at Gatwick airport, near London, as the airport remains closed with incoming flights delayed or diverted to other airports, after drones were spotted over the airfield last night and this morning on Thursday.

Beltway Confidential

Drones at Gatwick demonstrate fragile infrastructure — and an ongoing challenge for law enforcement

Erin Dunne · December 20, 2018 6:25 pm

National Border Patrol Council chief Brandon Judd blasted Congress for failing to approve President Trump's year-old executive order to hire 5,000 additional Border Patrol agent.

Smuggler used ultralight aircraft to fly two Chinese men over border wall, Border Patrol says

Anna Giaritelli · December 19, 2018 8:31 pm